TAKE THE MONEY - YOU'VE EARNED IT. THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM A GROUP THAT HELPS RESIDENTS PREPARE THEIR TAXES IN LEWISTON-AUBURN. TODAY... THE L-A CASH COALITION HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE TO KICK OFF THEIR 11TH YEAR OF HELPING PEOPLE THROUGH THE FILING PROCESS. COALITION OFFICIALS SAY SINCE THEY'VE STARTED... THEY'VE HELPED RETURN NEARLY 19 MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL AND STATE REFUNDS TO RESIDENTS. AND THIS YEAR - THEY WANT TO HELP EVEN MORE PEOPLE. "if I were to sit down and do my taxes by myself, it would take me probably a couple of days between bottles and playing and researching the different credits that we might qualify for and I probably wouldn't even find them all. So this program has helped me be able to get everything back that we've earned". THE GROUP HELPS MANY LOW-TO- MODERATE INCOME WORKERS PREPARE TAXES - AND IN SOME CASES GET AN EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED,,, YOU CAN FIND A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE... WMTW DOT COM. JUST GO TO THE "AS SEEN ON" SECTION.

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